In reply to your query with Comrade Tyszka’s telegram enclosed I regret
to inform you that I must refuse to pose the question as Comrade
Tyszka would wish, for I believe that such a presentation of the
question is absolutely in correct.

The representative of our group in the Central Committee Bureau Abroad,
Comrade Victor, informed Comrade Tyszka that our group could not
agree to the appointment of both a Bolshevik and a Menshevik as
representatives of the
C.C.[1]

Now Comrade Tyszka is appealing from Comrade Victor to me
personally: “if Lenin himself objects to Igor,” the
telegram says, “we shall give up Igor”!! This is tantamount to appealing
to me personally against a decision of our group.
I shall not reply to this “if” of Comrade Tyszka’s. In my opinion,
Comrade Tyszka should himself withdraw his motion to appoint Igor.